Trend Alert: Chrome Nails

Leave it to Rihanna, the queen bee of nail polish, to take an opaque, shimmery metallic color to the next level. Chrome is more of a powerful gold-and-silver version of its true silver sister gunmetal and it is also much darker than pale gray.

Essie Steel-ing the Scene ($8) is a bronzey-pewter (effectively a chrome) shade of nail polish that contains flecks and packs a lot of punch. For those of you who are too shy to wear this on your nails, it makes for a great toenail color.

Yea, I too love her outlandish trend setting colors, but I wish that her manicurist would trim her nails and round the edges! I also wish the Essie shade had a little more "Omph" to it. I'm sure covering it with a little Seche Vite will make it more appealing...!I have passed this chrome trend (Ladies there ARE better shades, don't let these 2 scare you off!) and nary a blip on the beauty scene I noted.I THINK that the time for this colors hay-day will be with the coming fall fashion. I like the idea of bright colors for warm weather, but I just colored my (now short) nails a midnight-cherry-purple this evening so who am I to talk? ~_~

Yea, I too love her outlandish trend setting colors, but I wish that her manicurist would trim her nails and round the edges! I also wish the Essie shade had a little more "Omph" to it. I'm sure covering it with a little Seche Vite will make it more appealing...!
I have passed this chrome trend (Ladies there ARE better shades, don't let these 2 scare you off!) and nary a blip on the beauty scene I noted.
I THINK that the time for this colors hay-day will be with the coming fall fashion. I like the idea of bright colors for warm weather, but I just colored my (now short) nails a midnight-cherry-purple this evening so who am I to talk? ~_~